NSF research finds way to withhold cancer cells’ favorite food

Sunday, November 29, 2015 - 11:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

As any good Star Trek fan knows, Mr. Spock was a “green-blooded Vulcan” because his hemoglobin was copper-based, unlike our iron-based human cells. But even humans have a little bit of copper in their blood. Now, a new paper based on research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) explores the role copper can play […]

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